184 DESCRIPTION'S OF ArSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



moderate. Abdomen grey. Anterior and middle legs dark 

 fuscous, posterior legs grey, all tarsi witK pale rings at apex of 

 joints. Forewings very narrow, oblong-lanceolate, costa gently 

 arched, apex almost acute, bindmargin extremely oblique ; 

 blackisb-f uscous, sprinkled with greyisb-ocbreous, towards base 

 somewbat mixed witb wbitisb ocbreous ; numerous tufts of raised 

 scales : cilia blackisb-fuscous. Hindwings strongly attenuated, 

 ligbt fuscous-grey, apex rather darker ; cilia broader than hind- 

 wings, light grey. 



Eecognisable by its small size and extremely narrow wings, 

 very long cilia, and less deep colour. 



Met with once in abundance at Parramatta in July. 



GLYPHIPTEEYGIDiE. 



HYPERTRoniA, Meyr. 



Uij^. desumptana, Walk. 



{Orosana desumptana, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 460; Hypertropha 

 thesaurella, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc, N.SW., Y., 209). 



Not identified until my recent inspection of the type. The 

 species is included by AYalker in his imaginary genus Orosana 

 (affectionately referred toby Butler as 'Hbis little Australian 

 genus ") which contains a motley collection of Ilypertroplia^ 

 Eupselia, and various Pyrales, 



SiMAETHis, Leach. 



Sim. comhinatanaj Walk. 



Simaethis ahstitella, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 997, may be added 

 as a synonym of this species. 



EupsELiA, Meyr. 

 Hups, carpocapsclla, AYalk. 

 On reference to the Museum types of this species and E. 

 leatella, Walk., the species which I possess proved to belong to 



